Technical assessment & risk management in a networked world

How can businesses manage online risk? Robin Dahlberg , UK Managing Director of Internet Security Systems, argues that companies can ensure and insure their security through technical testing.

It’s a typical business, 175 employees, reliably profitable. There’s a small web storefront presence and an information website but both are hosted externally by an internet service provider (ISP). Internally, there is a network linking various departments and operations. The IT department has installed a firewall to control access to and from the Internet.